ZVOX Blog

Posted by
Tom Hannaher
,
Thursday, October 15, 2009

When I was at Cambridge SoundWorks in the late 1990s, one of my
favorite home theater demo movies was Luc Besson's The Fifth Element,
with Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldham, Ian Holm and Chris
Tucker (as "Ruby Rhod"). The colors, staging, explosive sound effects
and great music brought out the best in a TV and surround sound system.
I have probably seen the "Diva scene" of the movie over 50 times -- and
the entire movie a dozen times.
So it came as something of a
surprise the other day that, when I came across it on HBO in HD, that I
simply couldn't stop watching it. While all movies are better in HD,
some movies are hugely improved. Besson's thematic use of color -- some
scenes are orange, some are yellow -- and his incredible scene
compositions, are sooo much more enjoyable in HD! What a treat.

If
you've never seen the movie, do so. If you've seen it six times, see it
again on Blu Ray or an HD broadcast. And make sure you've got a great
audio system connected. The soundtrack is as good as the visuals -- and
your TV speakers are not going to be able to keep up with it. We
believe that no TV made in the past five years should be listened to --
their built-in speakers are dreadful. Get a $1500+ 5.1 surround sound
system...or a ZVOX system....or hook up a boom box or the cheap set of
amplified speakers that came with the last PC you bought. Anything is
better than the 30 cent speakers they stuck in your flat-panel TV.

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